In Childhood, the Prelude, William Wordsworth refers “To those first-born affinities that fit Our new existence to existing things, And, in our dawn of being, constitute The bond of union betwixt life and joy.” Webster’s 1828 Dictionary gives several meanings for ‘affinity:’ 1. The relation contracted by marriage, between a husband and his wife’s kindred, and between […]
These are only offered as suggestions. I don’t know if they will meet the legal requirements in your area. If you want to include a standardized test, Christlian Liberty academy allows students to take an older version of the California Achievement test online for 25.00 (US) per student. Results are not sent to anybody else, […]
Here’s an example of the way I’d approach teaching grammar to a year 4 student in a Charlotte Mason education. By now, they have several years of reading thousands of pages of well written literature, and using copywork to practice writing well written sentences under their belts. Many of these things they will probably have […]
He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater. Thomas a Kempis Stand by your conscience, your honor, your faith. Stand like a hero and battle till death. Wilson He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a […]
From time to time I save things as drafts in the blog, things I’ve come across hither or thither and mean to come back to them. Sometimes I come back and dust them off a bit and post them. Other times I read through them again and delete because I am not longer interested in […]
